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Several vessels attacked in 00-19N 009-24E at 220200Z dec.vessels are advised to keep clear of this position…

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 3930/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-12-29 02:00Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA II 441/19 221017Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-22 10:20Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 0.317, 9.400. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

issued: 2019-12-22 10:20Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-12-29 02:00Z
authority: NAVAREA II 441/19 221017Z DEC 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 0.317, 9.400
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
GABON.
DNC 01.
1. SEVERAL VESSELS ATTACKED IN 00-19N 009-24E
   AT 220200Z DEC.VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
   KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.REPORTS TO
   NAVAREA II,
   PHONE: 332 9822 8888, 332 5631 2424,
   FAX: 332 5631 2584,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-
   GOG.ORG,COORD.NAVAREA2@SHOM.FR.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 290200Z DEC 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
NAVAREA: One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

1 within 180 nm since 2019 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 07:19Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.